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Understanding Brand-Linked Products & Benefits

Discover how Brand Product Linking connects brand catalogs with retailer menus, automates asset synchronization, improves menu sorting priority, and drives accurate sales tracking across Weedmaps.

Written by Weedmaps Onboarding

Overview

Brand Product Linking bridges official brand product catalogs with live retailer menus on Weedmaps. By maintaining an up-to-date master catalog, brands enable dispensaries and delivery services to automatically sync verified imagery, descriptions, and product metadata - ensuring consistent presentation, preferred menu placement, and accurate sales tracking across the platform.
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What is Brand Product Linking?

Brand-linked products are retailer menu items that directly connect to an official master catalog provided by a brand in Weedmaps Admin.

  • Brand Responsibility
    Brands are responsible for creating, updating, and maintaining their master catalog on their listing with accurate product names, high-resolution photography, strain classifications, THC/CBD potency, and descriptive tags.
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  • Retailer Connection
    Retailers map their Point of Sale (POS) inventory or uploaded menu items to the corresponding brand catalog entries.
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  • Automated Syncing
    Once a link is established, all official brand imagery, descriptions, and tags automatically populate on the retailer's live menu, eliminating manual entry and keeping product data consistent.

Core Benefits & Platform Features

  • Priority Menu Placement & Search Ranking
    Brand-linked products are favored and prioritized near the top of retailer menus and search results. Products that are not linked do not receive priority ranking and are pushed lower on the retailer's menu.
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  • Brand Filtering & Organic Exposure
    When consumers filter a retailer's menu by a specific brand, all linked products appear in the filtered view. Linked items also gain organic placement across Weedmaps brand profiles, product locators, and discovery hubs.
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  • Accurate Data & Sales Tracking
    Establishing a direct link between retailer inventory and official brand catalogs enables cleaner data tracking, providing brands and retailers with precise performance metrics and sales reporting.
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  • Streamlined Menu Operations
    Retailers save time on content management while brands maintain visual and messaging integrity across every licensed partner carrying their line.

Best Practices for Success

For Brands

  • Keep your product catalog up to date with new line releases, accurate dosage information, and standardized product names to facilitate automated matching by retailer POS systems.
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For Retailers

  • Audit your Weedmaps Admin menu regularly to ensure newly uploaded or synced inventory items are properly linked to their corresponding brand catalogs.


Need assistance?

For help managing your Brand Catalog, mapping POS menu items, or updating account settings, connect with our support team at [email protected] or your Weedmaps Representative.

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